Monday, 18 June 2012

The theme from Prometheus: Chopin Prelude in D Flat Major

Joe writes: I went to see Ridley Scott's film Prometheus tonight which was better than I'd feared, and features my favourite piano piece as its theme, Chopin's Prelude in D Flat Major, also known as the Raindrops prelude.

The same prelude also inspired the theme to the '80s soap opera Howard's Way (sorry, couldn't resist):

Here's a scan of an autographed page from the Paderewski edition of the sheet music: